PLATE LIV. 
8. BOSTON RUSSET. 
[Syn : Roxbury Russet; Shippens Russet; Putmans Russet .] 
This is an old American variety. There is no knowledge as to its origin, except such as may 
be drawn by inference from its name. It is extensively grown in the neighbourhood of Boston, 
U.S., both for home consumption and for exportation to England. 
• Description. —Fruit : medium sized, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and a 
half high ; roundish, and somewhat flattened, narrowing towards the apex and slightly angular. 
Skin : covered entirely with brownish yellow russet intermixed with green, and sometimes with a 
faint tinge of reddish brown next the sun. Eye : closed, set in a round and rather shallow basin. 
Stalk : long, slender, and inserted in a moderately deep cavity. Flesh : yellowish white, juicy, 
sugary, brisk and richly flavoured. 
A very valuable dessert apple of the first quality, in season from January to April, May, or 
even until June. It partakes somewhat of the flavour of the Ribston Pippin , or rather is between 
that and the Nonpareil. As a late winter dessert apple it is not to be surpassed. It sells well and 
is therefore very profitable to grow. 
The tree is of spreading growth, not large, but healthy, very hardy and an immense bearer. 
When grafted on the paradise stock, it is well suited for being grown as a dwarf, or espalier. It is 
one of the few introduced American varieties that attain perfection in this country. 
